Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-06-02

Professional.
ors, N, e. }. ! ieasheyman,
SURGEONS & PHYSICIANS.
Prompt attention given to all calls.
Public Office in the Drug Store.
Private consultation room in the rear
the Drug Store.
Local Items.
JupILArEl Why2 Water!
Our college boys were home oyer whitsun
!, tide.
The Monocacy Valley is rapidly balastinE
their entire track with cindcrs from Catoctll
Furnaces.
XIII! Zip, Boo--yah--h Whoopcty
whoopety, whoop-ee.e-e!! Whassa matter
with us? Water! WATER!! Water J!
WATER!!!
REFuRBIslED The buildings at Pen MAJ
are being rc-paintcd, the ground cleaned ant
all necessary preparations are being made
for the summer season. The elevated rail
road is no more.
Read JAS. c. Mackley's" Meat Market adj
vcrtiscmcnt in another column. This viii
prove to be q great convenience to our pco
pie and should be heartily supported.
Savina Nc Alice whose illness was men
toned in the Meas last week, died Saturday
morning. Her remains were inferred at ! l
o'clock A. NJ She was aged about 81 years
--Catoctin Netrs.
Please excuse us, if we should appear &c
ovcr-indulge in enthusiasm this week; real
" great things are not done frequently III
our little town and we naturally get &
little over plumb when something heavy
bumps us.
On the 10th inst the Board of Corporation
Commissioners will convene to hear appeals
from the acts of the assessor. Those aggrcv-
ed should attend to it on that day, else they
will have no recourse. See notice elsewhere
in this paper.
Our sister town Of Graccham is becoming
q summer resort. There are several families
where private boarding may be obtained and
we have met some who have passed sum
mer there and they praised the host, or host
css in unstintcd terms. There will be many
visitors there again this summer we learn.
We acknowledge receipt of an invitation
to attend the exercises Oh Commencement
Day at the Frederick Female Seminary
We arc indebted, for the honor, to Miss
Lula Wire member of the graduating class
We are also in receipt of an invitation to
attend the Graduating Hop Of the l. >
Corps of Cadets at West Point. For this
we are ndcbtcl to Mr.. Geo. f. LandcrS OF
this place, a member Of the graduating class
LrscYors CREAM We are not, oursclf
authority on ice cream but there are several
that live under the same roof with us who
are, and after having sampled on Saturday
last. a gallon of the Crowl ice cream sold by
Mr.. NJ. I. Policy, they arcsfully qualified to
pass upon Its merits aud they say that II
could not be better and is uncXcclIcd. Mr.
Policy has been selling this cream for sever
al years and il comes up to the standard
every can.
Our people are very conservative. Being
slow TO make up their minds, the Water
Company not being in position to be ahit
to Give more time TO the collecting of sub
scriptions to the Capital Stock, sent repre-
sentative to Frederick to secure subscrip-
lions to the amount Of 5000; it was taken
with a rush; the remaining $4,000 is home
subscription entire. 1t has since TRANSFERRED
that there could have bccn probably $500
more secured at home, but it was moving
too slowly.
ROLLER MILL Mr.. John Jones, our town
miller has employed Mr.. G. j. Carmack for
the work ofsubstitutng rolls and the Grad
ual Reduction process for burrs Mr.. Car
mack has had force at work for several
weeks in his shop on Carroll-st, and the va
rous pieces ofwood work are being complct
cd and delivered, When completed, the
mill will he as good as the best and Of in
creased capacity. Mr.. Carmack will also
place rolls in the Utica Mills and is engaged
also on this at the present time.
HlsToRy REpEATED.-At the opening oi
several different seasons in the past, we found
ourselves with All nvincIble baseball team
that is invinciblc for time, but 1t always
turned out that later in the season they
would suffer defeat and every time IT "bust
CD the club Frederick is now undergoing
similar experience ; last season, an I'M
broken series of victories rendered the sup
port of q club one of the easiest imaginable